'Charging Bull' sculptor calls for New York to remove 'Fearless Girl' statue

April 13, 2017 20:49

The sculptor behind the Charging Bull statue near Wall Street in New York said that the Fearless Girl sculpture placed in front of his artwork is a violation of his rights, changing its meaning and context.

Italian-born Arturo Di Modica was visibly emotional as he explained that his work, installed in 1989, was meant to symbolise freedom, world peace, strength, power and love.

Now, he says, thanks to the March installation of a bronze statue of a girl facing down the bull, that message has been transformed into one of negativity and fear.

The Charging Bull no longer carries a positive, optimistic message. Rather, it has been transformed into a negative force and a threat, said Di Modicas attorney, Norman Siegel. Clearly, a deliberate choice was made to exploit and to appropriate the Charging Bull through the placement of the Fearless Girl.

Siegel and Di Modica have asked the city of New York to remove the statue, which became something of a phenomenon when it was first installed earlier this year, and tied by many to the global Womens March movement. They say the city should place the Fearless Girl somewhere else where it no longer relies on the Charging Bull.

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